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Warning re Facebook Scam

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AgentPete

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Anyone who maintains a Facebook page MUST be urgently warned about this scam.
This email has just arrived in my inbox:
Hello, Your Page has been scheduIed for deIetion because it goes against our Community Standards on Intellectual Property. If you want to canceI the deIetion of your page or retrieve any of the content or information you've added, please submit a report on link below: [URL]https://apps.facebook.com/818784798837099[/URL] Please note that if we do not receive an appeal within 24 hours, this could cause your access to your account to be disabled. Thanks, Facebook Team
Eveyrthing about the email looks genuine, and it even correctly directs to a genuine Facebook page.
But it's a scam.
If you fill in the form, you will be ripped off.
More info here.
Facebook are seriously negligent on this... that form on their website ought never to be functional.
 
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